Cake pattern with Java8 possible?

Question

I just wonder: with Java 8, and the possibility to add implementation in interfaces (a bit like Scala traits), will it be possible to implement the cake pattern, like we can

Answer 1

Maybe you can do something like this in Java 8

interface DataSource
{
    String lookup(long id);
}  

interface RealDataSource extends DataSource
{
    default String lookup(long id){ return "real#"+id; }
}  

interface TestDataSource extends DataSource
{
    default String lookup(long id){ return "test#"+id; }
}  

abstract class App implements DataSource
{
    void run(){  print( "data is " + lookup(42) ); }
}  


class RealApp extends App implements RealDataSource {}

new RealApp().run();  // prints "data is real#42"


class TestApp extends App implements TestDataSource {}

new TestApp().run();  // prints "data is test#42"

But it is in no way better than the plain/old approach

interface DataSource
{
    String lookup(long id);
}  

class RealDataSource implements DataSource
{
    String lookup(long id){ return "real#"+id; }
}  

class TestDataSource implements DataSource
{
    String lookup(long id){ return "test#"+id; }
}  

class App
{
    final DataSource ds;
    App(DataSource ds){ this.ds=ds; }

    void run(){  print( "data is " + ds.lookup(42) ); }
}  


new App(new RealDataSource()).run();  // prints "data is real#42"


new App(new TestDataSource()).run();  // prints "data is test#42"